When you've got characters by that name, you know what kind of movie you're getting into, and this B drive-in movie from the 50's is exactly what you expected to be. It's not bad, it's not good, just 90 minutes of drag strip races, appreciate characters, some campy dialogue and a well meaning police officer (Chuck Conners) who decides to create a road meant specifically for drag strips races so they will get off the main thoroughfares.
Of the main cast, only Lori Nelson (the oldest daughter from the "Kettle Family" series) and Frank Gorshin are recognizable, and while Nelson plays the title character, she is not the main character. The story focuses on the surviving brother who was present when his younger brother was killed in a drag strip race, and cop Connors who is trying to keep order among these rebellious teens with little guidance and discipline.
The other cops complain about being on the beat and having to deal with this lawlessness, and that leads Connors to push for the private drag strip even more. There are several chicken races which tries to show how dangerous they are, and fortunately there is no sequence of some bombshell dramatically setting the race in motion like in "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Grease".
Good Southern California locations are utilized although some of the shots are obviously matted. There's enough action to keep this moving, as well as back in the '50s to have gotten the teens in their cars to stop necking while these things happened. The jazzy music score at times seems really inappropriate, and just confirms the B status that this film will never live down.
Of the main cast, only Lori Nelson (the oldest daughter from the "Kettle Family" series) and Frank Gorshin are recognizable, and while Nelson plays the title character, she is not the main character. The story focuses on the surviving brother who was present when his younger brother was killed in a drag strip race, and cop Connors who is trying to keep order among these rebellious teens with little guidance and discipline.
The other cops complain about being on the beat and having to deal with this lawlessness, and that leads Connors to push for the private drag strip even more. There are several chicken races which tries to show how dangerous they are, and fortunately there is no sequence of some bombshell dramatically setting the race in motion like in "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Grease".
Good Southern California locations are utilized although some of the shots are obviously matted. There's enough action to keep this moving, as well as back in the '50s to have gotten the teens in their cars to stop necking while these things happened. The jazzy music score at times seems really inappropriate, and just confirms the B status that this film will never live down.